ISO-NE made a big deal when they instituted a rule that has wind and solar projects bidding into the day ahead market. This is all fine as long as they perform according to their load offer(s). Because they can also offer bids in the five minute market( real time market), one would think they would be conservative with their day ahead bids so as not to be caught unable to supply their bid offer.

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM EST

Governor Janet Mills wants to create a Maine Department of Energy Resources similar to agencies in every other New England state.

A proposal in Mills' two-year budget would recast the current Governor’s Energy Office into a cabinet-level Maine Department of Energy Resources. The change would be budget-neutral, according to the governor.

"By transitioning the energy office to a…

Increasing CO2 by 100% Reduces Radiative Cooling to Space by an Imperceptible 1%

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Radiation Transport in Clouds…

Monthly Bill for Residential Customers Using 550 Kilowatt hours per month

Maine, Central Maine Power,   $149.76

Vermont, Green Mountain Power,  $127.66

New Brunswick, Canada   $105.69

The PUC is overwhelmed by wind orders from Janet Mills and the democrat legislators, so guess who pays for their own misery:

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A very good lecture at Hillsdale College concerning the reality of an "EV future" as proposed in Maine and a dozen or so  other states, and of course by " Globalists" . You can't defy physics of course, but you can play politics until the economics and science catch up, and then , you are broke.This is  well worth the one hour of your time if you are so inclined. The Economics and Future of EVs.

EV Mandates vs Freedom by Mark P.…

Vital LA Firefighting Equipment Was Handed To Ukraine, Reports Show, As Americans Now Caught In Raging Inferno

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/vital-la-firefighting-equipment-was-handed-to-ukraine-reports ;

Japanese Scientist: The IPCC's Climate Models Are Fundamentally Flawed, Use False Assumptions

January 8, 2025

FAQ: Demand response and the New England power grid

Referred To: Energy, Utilities and Technology, 1-6-25

§3209-F. Net energy billing requirement prohibited

 The commission may not by rule or order require a transmission and distribution utility

 to allow a customer to participate in net energy billing. For the purposes of this section,

 "net energy billing" means a billing…

Recognizing the critical need to ensure affordable, reliable energy for all Maine people and businesses, Governor Mills proposes elevating the Governor's Energy Office to a cabinet-level department in upcoming budget proposal

Governor Janet Mills today announced that she will propose elevating the Governor's Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her upcoming biennial budget proposal.

Establishing the Maine Department of…

ISO-NE Determines the following new transmission lines and substations would be required to bring 1200 megawatts of wind out of Aroostook County into the New England Grid.

ISO-NE is in the process of soliciting Requests for Proposals to construct these lines and substations. "The ISO expects to work on the RFP over the next several months, with proposals likely due later in 2025. The ISO will provide updates on the process, as appropriate, through the …

Massachusetts Wokaholics Hell-Bent on Buying 5,000 MW of Batteries Will Further Impoverish the State for Decades

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First of, that Massachusetts bill is total bull manure, because…

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Here is a dramatic case of natural gas freely flowing to New York generation plants versus pipeline constrained natural gas entering New England.

Notice the difference in prices!! …

With C02 allowance prices hovering over $20 per ton and emitted C02 leveling off. why is Maine continuing to inflict these costs on Maine ratepayers?

Natural gas and oil plants (which save Maine from winter blackouts) are required for reliability and the more wind and solar injected into the grid, the more NG and Oil is needed. Driving out NG and oil plants with RGGI is…

The West is Using Global Warming as a Tool for Command/Control of their Own People and Others

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By Andrew Korybko…

Russia ‘liberates largest settlement in southwest Donbass’ – MOD

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